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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.

3 funders with a record of paying for “foreducation”

Where the money went

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The Joseph C Scott Foundation → Curry College: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2024Robert Hoag Rawlings Foundation → Boys & Girls Club of San Luis Valley: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Charis Initiative Foundation Inc → Caitlin Lien: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2023Charis Initiative Foundation Inc → Emma Baeth: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2023Charis Initiative Foundation Inc → Molly Wheeldon: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2023Charis Initiative Foundation Inc → Brianna Stadler: $3K across 2 grants, latest 2023Charis Initiative Foundation Inc → Lucie Polvogt: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024Charis Initiative Foundation Inc → Wade Hawkins: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024Charis Initiative Foundation Inc → Cole Richards: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Joseph C Scott Foundation: $30K on this topic. Open the funder.The Joseph C Scott Foundation$30KCharis Initiative Foundation Inc: $21K on this topic. Open the funder.Charis Initiative Foundation…$21KRobert Hoag Rawlings Foundation: $10K on this topic. Open the funder.Robert Hoag Rawlings Foundati…$10KCurry College: received $30K on this topicCurry College$30KBoys & Girls Club of San Luis Valley: received $10K on this topicBoys & Girls Club of San Luis V…$10KCaitlin Lien: received $5K on this topicCaitlin Lien$5KEmma Baeth: received $4K on this topicEmma Baeth$4KMolly Wheeldon: received $4K on this topicMolly Wheeldon$4KBrianna Stadler: received $3K on this topicBrianna Stadler$3KLucie Polvogt: received $2K on this topicLucie Polvogt$2KWade Hawkins: received $2K on this topicWade Hawkins$2KCole Richards: received $2K on this topicCole Richards$2K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 20192025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →